Why A Trip to Bali Should Be on Your Bucket List
Gaining Wisdom and Inspiration from an Indigenous People.
Every once in a while, you stumble upon something so unexpected, so new and so unpretentiously profound, that you feel like your faith in the human spirit has been uplifted.
This is precisely what happened to me on my recent ten-day trip to Bali, Indonesia led by Bali Institute of Global Renewal’s founder, Marcia Jaffe. She lovingly curated an extraordinary exploration across the island.
My first impression was the predominantly warm and hospitable cadence of the people of Bali. This cultural personality is in large part due to their longstanding philosophy that transcends the pursuit of individual happiness based on money or achievement but rather has at its core a belief and devotion to family, community and spirit.
The traditional family lives in a communal compound throughout their lifetime and only the women move away after marriage to their husband’s family abode. Patrilineal rules still apply in Bali family life.
Tri Hata Karina, the traditional Hindu threefold obligation of the individual to nature, to one another as a community, and to God was the central theme — it ran through the daily life of the people through every ceremonial observance, temple layout…
